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It’s the moment Michael, a North Carolina native, has been waiting for all season. The University of North Carolina Tar Heels look to redeem themselves after last year’s stunning buzzer-beater lost to Villanova in the 2016 NCAA Tournament championship game.

Imagine for a second how much data is travelling across your fiber optic network. Every second, people around the world are streaming video, engaging their followers and fans with live video, uploading images, talking over IP, tweeting and more, so much more.

It's a nightmare scenario. You sub-contract an installation team to build your cloud-RAN racks to densify your network. As they unbox each piece of equipment, download the instructions and get to work, the clock keeps ticking.

Service providers need more from their fiber networks, including simplifying deployments, minimizing floor space and realizing savings. Telect must rise to the challenge and create customized simple Layer 1 solutions that move their clients toward 5G deployment and improve use of equipment in the data center.

So many Americans take the power we use for granted. We flip a switch and the room is aglow with light. We search Google, tune into our favorite TV shows or fire up Netflix, never knowing the amount of energy it takes to power each connection that brings us that content.

The entire NBC Olympics broadcast is rolling through Telect bays. Last year, NBC Sports Group installed a series of our Advanced Distribution Frames at its broadcasting headquarters in Stamford, Conn., in preparation for this year's big event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Does Bob Dylan ever look back and think, "man, those times … they've never stopped a'changin'." Of course, those ever-changing times are part of the fun that goes with owning a business in the technology spectrum.
And by fun, we mean waves and waves and often-times tumultuous waves of change.

Cam Newton throws a mind-boggling pass into the endzone and the Carolina Panthers win the Super Bowl! (It's going to happen. Face it.) The NFL instantly uploads the video to its website and thousands of fans whip out their smartphones to watch it over and over and over again. Your wireless network gets congested from over-capacity, and your heart sinks — right along with Tom Brady's.